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ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Andy Kristianson

Andy Kristianson has served on the Board since November 2008 and is often relied upon to provide legal analysis and advice to the Board.  Andy is a civil litigation attorney who has worked at the law firm McGuireWoods LLP since 2005.  After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in 1999, Andy worked in Seattle from 1999 until 2005, when he moved to Raleigh with his family (Andy’s wife, Lisa, is a native of Durham).  Andy’s son Garrett is a 3rd grader in Mrs. Dahmer's class and his daughter Audrey is in Mrs. Rogerson's 1st grade class.

Andy is an alumnus of Leadership Raleigh, has served as a youth baseball coach with the Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department, and is a member of state and local bar associations in both North Carolina and Washington State.

Darin (“DJ”) Hill

DJ Hill has served on the Board since May 2008 and has served as the Board Chairman from August 2008 through December 2010.   DJ is the founding partner of Compass Surgical Partners (a developer and manager of surgical facilities).  Previously DJ has served in executive leadership roles for several medical startup firms.  As a medical entrepreneur, DJ has served on the board of 19 businesses in the past dozen years.

DJ earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Executive Masters in Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Kenan Flagler Business School. 

DJ and his wife Laura have three children at Endeavor:  Kenan, Emery and Grayson.  

DJ serves on the board of Jobs For Life, a national nonprofit, and is a prior member of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, prior officer of the Raleigh Sales and Marketing Association, and active in several medical associations.  He is also an alumnus of Leadership Raleigh.

Christian Nechyba

Christian Nechyba has served on the Board since April 2008 and has served as the Board Secretary since September 2008.  Christian is a pediatrician and has been at Carolina Kids Pediatric Associates since 2002.  He is often relied upon to provide medical guidance to the Board and to oversee health-related issues at Endeavor.   Previously Christian was the Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he also completed his pediatric internship and residency.

Christian and his wife Lyana have two children at Endeavor:   Alex is a 6th grader in Ms. Nielsson’s class, and Sam is a 3rd grader in Mrs. Dahmer’s class.

Christian previously served on the March of Dimes Board of Directors and the Rex Hospital Pediatric Executive Committee.  He has also  taught community education classes on pediatric topics to parent groups and community businesses.  He holds a medical license from the North Carolina Medical Board and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Margaret Holder

Margaret Holder has served on the Board since November 2008 and serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Audit committees.   Margaret was the Controller at NC State University's Foundations Accounting and Investments from November 2008 until August 2011.  She is currently Director of Investment Operations at UNC Management Company in Chapel Hill.  Before then, Margaret was a consultant with Monaghan Group in Raleigh, an accounting manager with Compass Group, and an auditor with KPMG in Charlotte.  Margaret, a native of Richmond, Virginia, has an undergraduate degree in English and French from the University of Virginia.  She obtained her post-graduate certificate in Accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University.  
 
She has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1998 and is certified in North Carolina.  She has also been a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) since 1999.  
 
Margaret has twins in fourth grade at Endeavor.  Lisa Springle
 

Lisa Springle has served on the Board since February 2010.  Lisa, a Chicago native, is a former English teacher and English department chair at Raleigh Charter High School.  She also taught and served as the tenth-grade English curriculum coordinator at Southeast Raleigh High School.   Lisa has a Master of Arts in Teaching English from Duke University and is certified to teach high school English.  Since 2003, Lisa has also worked as a freelance writer, authoring articles aimed at teachers and librarians.

Lisa and her husband Mike have three children:  Jacob is a 3rd grader at Endeavor in Mrs. Dahmer's class, Katelyn is a 1st  grader in Mrs. Gentile's class, and Liliana is four.

Lisa’s volunteer work at Endeavor is already extensive, as she served as the inaugural co-Secretary for PAWS, was a member of the high school committee, and served as the chair of the Endeavor Foundation’s design committee.

Helen Harris

 

Helen Harris has served on the Board since March 2010.  Helen retired from a career in the biopharmaceutical industry in 2007, last serving as the Vice President of Sales and National Accounts for Gilead Sciences in San Francisco, California.  Helen also has significant experience within the employment industry.  She earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Helen and her husband Roland have three children:  Brooke is a 7th grader in Mr. Roots's class, Haley is a 5th grader in Mrs. Veltri's class, and Will is a 3rd  grader in Mrs. Wood's class.

 

Prior to her election to the Board, Helen served as the chairperson of the Endeavor Grants Committee.
Jim Dotson
 
Jim Dotson joined the Board in November 2011.  Jim has 25 years of corporate leadership experience, serving in sales, marketing, and leadership development positions with Proctor & Gamble, Pfizer Pharmacuticals, and Glaxo Pharmaceutical.  In 2003 Jim began his own leadership development-consulting firm, working with a wide variety of organizations across many different industries (for profit, not-for-profit, government, and education).  In the fall of 2011, Jim accepted a position with the Mission Increase Foundation where he consults with non-profit organizations in the Triangle, developing and leading training workshops.
 
Jim and his wife Ann have been married for 25 years and have served Endeavor in various capacities.  Ann was on the founding board for the Sports Boosters, and Jim has led parent/teacher/administration committees that have produced the Endeavor communication policy and the teacher performance management process.  The Dotson's have four children:  Hillary is a sophomore education major at UNC Chapel Hill where she is a  NC teaching fellow; Bennett is a Senior at Ravenscroft; Hunter (14) is an 8th grade Endeavor graduate and is currently a Freshman at  Trinity  Academy; and Aselya (9) is a 3rd grader at Endeavor in Mrs. Wood's class.
 
Jim earned a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, UNC-Chapel Hill, and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Non-Profit Leadership.
 
Steve McAdams

Steve McAdams serves as the Director of Endeavor Charter School, is one of the school’s original founders, and is an original member of the Board.  Steve has been an educator since he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970, with experience from 6th grade through adult education.  He also served as a long-term coach of high school and recreational soccer.

Steve is a lifelong North Carolina resident.  He and his wife Teresa have been married for 42 years and have two grown children:  Christi Whiteside and Brandon McAdams.  Steve also has three grandchildren, two of whom attend Endeavor and one due in December.
 
Lisa Bolton
 
Lisa Bolton began serving as the teacher representative to the Board in October 2011.  Lisa has been teaching 7th and 8th grade Spanish at ECS since 2010.  Before coming to endeavor, she taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade Spanish at Neal Middle School in Durham for three years.  She served as the Content Learning Community Leader of Teach for America-Eastern North Carolina's Spanish and Fine Arts teachers from 2009-2010, a role in which she helped first and second year teachers plan rigorous units of study and analyze student learning.
 
Lisa received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and has lived in NC since she was 9 years old.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Last Modified on December 5, 2011